Modelur is a parametric Urban Design tool seamlessly integrated into SketchUp. It helps you quickly create and test different urban design alternatives. In addition to real-time calculation of key urban parameters (eg. FAR, number of apartments, required parking spaces, etc.) it also offers interactive 3D zoning, including warnings when the design is not in line with zoning regulations (eg. buildings are too high or if they are placed too close together, etc.).

You can request a free 21-day trial after starting Modelur in SketchUp.

Reviews

Hi
I used this plugin for the first time and without any licenses it worked so well but now for second time it wants me to activate my license; I can`t get it what does it mean?
and if I want a full version how can I get my license?
Thanks.

And thank you for your interest in Modelur. Modelur allows you to use one Trial license per computer. To obtain commercial license, please visit our website (https://modelur.eu/pricing/) and purchase the type of license that suits your needs best. If you have some additional questions, please send them to our support email.

thank you for your feedback, but this is not the place to solve technical issues. We'll provide some hints here, but if this doesn't solve your problem, please contact us via support email of via our forum (both links are available on the right side of this webpage).

1. If you're using SketchUp 2016, please make sure to update it to the latest version. Older versions between 8 and 2015 should work OK.
2. Make sure there are no non-ascii characters is your user path (e.g. c:\Users\Name\AppData\Roaming\... is OK, while c:\Users\Namš\AppData\Roaming\... is NOT OK).

that's strange. Can you please try deleting Modelur's settings folder (c:/users/imak/appdata/roaming/Modelur) and try to restart it?
If this doesn't help, please send us the file so we can inspect what went wrong.

Thanks,
Jernej

PS: please guys, use our forum (forum.modelur.com) for this kinds of questions and problems.

Hi 欣 刘,
thank you for your feedback. In the Pre-beta we require online validation in order to run full version of Modelur. Even though you are online, you might be behind a proxy or firewall, which disables validation (I have just checked it and it works normally). At the moment the best thing you can do is to apply for Modelur Beta (via our website), which will be out really soon. There there will be only one time validation to get your license key.

You can also drop us an email, so we try to test your connection to our validation server and try to find what's blocking it. I apologize for any inconvenience.

thank you for your interest in Modelur. As explained before, this is a bug in SketchUp, not Modelur. The problem you are experiencing is due to non-ascii username Админ. If you create another Windows user account, eg. Andrey, it should work normally. SketchUp team has already fixed this and all will be back to normal when updated SketchUp 2016 comes out...

Wow! I updated Su to the most recent version and now Modelur works just exellent! I have no time to test it well, but it looks like the a very powerfull and promising tool for urban design. Thanks again!

plot coverage is calculated automatically based on plot area and sum of all built up areas.
You can find it under survey tab and export it to .csv file (Modelur UI File > Export urban design control values).

Please check out our introduction video, which among other shows this, too.

can you please elaborate on your problem? From what you've written I don't understand what you mean...

We are aware that there is a problem with loading (more or less all) extensions in SketchUp 2016 M0, if users have non-ascii characters in their username on Windows platform. This will be fixed with new version of SketchUp.

Actually what I mean is, sometime we need to calculate plot ratio of different land use when we are doing urban design (say, this area we've got residential, industry and commercial use, normally we need FAR for all of them) so that we can have proper balance on construction intensity. However I couldnt figure out a way to do this math with this plugin. As an urban designer and an architect, i do hope your team could manage to improve this aspect. I don't mind keep communicating with your team.

But for the sake of completeness of this discussion, let's finish what we started here. If I understand correctly, you want to see how much each land use contributes to FAR (both in absolute and relative terms)? If so, the easiest option is to export urban control indicators to .csv (Modelur UI menu > File > Export Urban Control Values...), select all options and open the file in a spreadsheet software (eg. LibreOffice). Inthere you will find all the data you need to do just that, including how much of Gross Floor Area each Land Use contributes to the whole development.

Hope that helps?

Best,
Jernej

PS: We are also accepting Beta invitation requests, where we are also sending out a few polls where registered users have an option to vote on Modelur's top priority missing features + add their suggestions... If interested, you can join by registering at our website (http://modelur.com).

Hi
Look nice the plugin i have question regarding this plugin
For big project i have select each time the face and create the building from modelur icon can we select all or many faces and then create modelur random size for all the face small big average random shape building size can we?

thank you for your comment. You can select many faces and press create building icon, which creates many buildings, all at once. There is no generator for random heights, but you can use parametric maps, which we think is far better as you have full control where the buildings should be high and where low (and/or their built-up area). Please check out YouTube video at https://youtu.be/Oe4p0OjCDJw to see how parametric maps work.

This is the default SketchUp message, which shows up every time you install .rbz extension (either from your disk or from here). This happens with all SketchUp Extensions. Any extension you install directly from Extension Warehouse should be pretty safe to use as they are inspected and approved by the SketchUp Team before they appear here.

As for Modelur, it does not touch any file on your computer except Modelur preferences, which are stored in ~AppData/Modelur. This is the standard for all applications. If you need any additional information, please let us know.

Modelur is such a great tool for urban and quick massing exercise. I was very excited and pleased about Modelur until it stopped working. I downloaded it this past Friday and came in to work today (Monday) and the massing information i have created are gone. All the input are working but the survey from Friday are erased. Typically, when you select the created massing, the building info will appear on the building tab but not in my case. I've tried to copy and paste the massing in a new file but same outcome. If I create a new massing Modelur works just fine but I am not sure how long until the information is gone. If you have any idea please help! thank you.

thank you for sending us your file. We have identified the problem - you've put Modelur buildings into your own group. This is why Modelur cannot find them when initialized. You can easily solve this problem - just need to move Modelur buildings out of any group (they need to be on 'root' level), save the model and reopen it.

I probably am thinking outta my skull right now, but I feel that Modelur since the day it came out has been the most intuitive parametric modeller for Sketchup. Speaking from an architectural point of view, Modelur would have been the bridge between Sketchup and Layout and perhaps with a little work could be the best design management plugin out there because it can send out parametric reporting and so on. Imagine if one could print out in excel all the needed parameters as quantities, or schedules for buildings straight out from Sketchup, Imagine if one could use Modelur side by side with Dibac plugin, Vali architect plugin, 1001bit or even Skeng. Imaging creating roof members from roof mass but with a unique design. Modelur could have many sub functions for example it makes me feel like I can create dynamic components on the fly simply because its visual. When I see Modelur, I see a plugin that can take on Visualarq and Grasshopper plugins for Rhino 3d. It has serious potential. The fact that it was built with urban design in mind would give it an extra edge as a parametric program, the fact that Sketchup now has IFC capabilities simply means that BIM has finally landed on Sketchup but without the boredom. Its not the easiest thing to write codes and create programs and you guys may not see what I am seeing but if you do launch a Kickstarter or Indiegogo you probably would get support to help bring this plugin to its full potential.

thank you very much for your kind review and a vision of what Modelur might become! We are always open for suggestions - in the end, this is exactly why we are releasing pre-beta versions of Modelur.

Although we already have plans to add some more funcionality prior to releasing the first full version, it is always to hear what others have to say... If interested, we can continue this discussion on our forum or through e-mail correspondence - please feel free to contact us!